Saint Lucia and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Senegal
Leader
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Pearlette Louisy Prime minister: Kenny Anthony	President: Macky Sall
Population
162,178	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
77.040 years	60.180 years
Capital City
	Dakar
Largest city
Bisee (population: 12,980)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.821	0.502
GDP per capita
	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
90.1%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
7.1	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
17.2%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	48.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
parliamentary democracy	republic
Independence date
	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
English (official), French patois	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
616 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
158 km	531 km
Climate
tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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